Chapter 5: Selling Work
Shi Luo walked into the living room, opened the locked drawer with the key, and took out the money inside.
This contains the daily living expenses of grandpa and Shi Luo, as well as the money for buying things. If it is gone, grandpa will make up for it.
Shi Luo counted them and found a total of one hundred and thirty yuan and fifty-eight cents. There were only a few local bills and about twenty national bills, which were basically meat bills, grain bills, sugar bills, snack bills, and fruit bills.
Shi Luo stuffed the hundred yuan and bills into his messenger bag and rode out on his bike.
Shi Luo first went to the machinery factory. Although he could not take over his grandfather's job because he signed up to go to the countryside, he could still sell it for money.
In the past, the original body often came to the machinery factory to visit his grandfather, and even worked as a temporary worker in the machinery factory for a few months during the holidays. Therefore, Shi Luo, who possessed the memories of the original body, was extremely familiar with the machinery factory.
Since my grandfather passed away, there is only one security guard left in the machinery factory. Shi Luo calls him Uncle Qian, who is the father-in-law of the deputy factory director.
"Hey, Shi Luo, why are you here? Are you here to collect your pension?"
Uncle Qian felt sorry for the child. He had always depended on Lao Shi. Now that Lao Shi was gone, he was left alone. It was really pitiful to see him so lonely.
Lao Shi met the thief when he was on duty in the toilet at the machinery factory at night. I heard that the thief saw Lao Shi and planned to run away with the stolen things.
But at that time, Shi Luo's grandfather shouted and called the security department. The thief was about to be caught and was unwilling to give up, so he rushed towards Lao Shi, who was pushed to the ground without noticing.
As luck would have it, there was a triangular piece of steel left by a thief on the ground. Lao Shi hit his head on it and died on the spot.
The thief was caught, and he sacrificed his life to protect public property. The steel plant naturally had to pay a pension to his family, and I heard it was quite a bit of money.
"Yes, I'll come and get it today when I have time. By the way, uncle, I've signed up to go to the countryside, so I can't inherit my grandfather's job. I'm planning to sell it. If you know someone who needs a job, you can introduce them to me."
Shi Luo originally planned to sell the job to Uncle Qian, not to him personally, but to his relatives.
Some time ago, Shi Luo heard his grandfather muttering that Uncle Qian was asking if anyone was selling a job recently, and he seemed quite anxious.
Uncle Qian was recalling Lao Li's heroic past when he heard Shi Luo talking about selling his job, and he immediately became excited.
"Really? If you really want to sell it, how much do you plan to sell it for?"
Uncle Qian found this job for his nephew, who graduated from high school this year and will be forced to go to the countryside if he can't find a job.
Originally, the family wanted to ask their son-in-law to arrange a job for them, but Uncle Qian felt that it was inappropriate. After all, if anyone could be arranged a job, it would be a mess.
If too many people ask for help and the matter gets out of hand, it will be a question whether my son-in-law can continue to work as the deputy factory director.
So Uncle Qian kept persuading his nephew's family, that is, his cousin, to spend money to buy a job for the child.
This way you can avoid criticism and follow formal procedures.
Although jobs are so scarce in the city right now and there are almost no jobs for sale, it’s still better to wait, just in case there are jobs for sale.
If you really haven't found someone to sell the job by the deadline, it's not too late to look for your son-in-law.
Uncle Qian's cousin also agreed at that time. Originally, one had to pay money to ask for a niece's son-in-law, and not only would one have to pay money but also owe a favor. However, it was different from buying a job from someone you didn't know. Both parties were willing, and the money and goods were paid in full.
"Uncle Qian, you also do this job, so you know that my grandfather's salary for this job is 28.5 yuan a month, plus some bills. The treatment is really good."
Shi Luoke had no intention of selling at a loss, so he only spoke positively.
As for the night shift, there is no need to mention it. Besides, what's wrong with the night shift? Then you don't have to work during the day and can do your own things.
"Yes, yes, yes, I know. Normally, if someone in this location wants to know something or find someone, they will give us some benefits. Hey, kid, just tell me how much you want to sell it for."
Uncle Qian said whatever he wanted to say. After all, he was not the only one who collected things. He also collected a lot of things when he was old.
"Uncle, I won't sell it for more, just 750. If you can give it to me today, I can go and handle the formalities today.
Uncle, you know this job is quite popular, and it’s only you. If anyone else offers less than 800, I won’t sell it to you.”
Shi Luo said this sincerely. In fact, he only planned to sell it for 750. After all, he was in a hurry to sell it, and there were not many people who could come up with so much money at once.
"Okay, you go collect the pension first, I'll find someone, and we'll try to get the formalities done today."
Uncle Qian is also anxious. Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for going to the countryside. If his nephew cannot find a job before tomorrow afternoon, he will either be forced to go to the countryside or his son-in-law will arrange it for him. Uncle Qian is not happy with either of these.
He is the only boy in my eldest brother's family. I really don't want to let him go to the countryside to suffer. But I am afraid of making things difficult for my son-in-law and becoming a bad person. It's really too difficult.
My eldest brother is also unlucky. The older girl in the family has already been sent to the countryside, and the younger one is only thirteen or fourteen years old. He really has no way to help his eldest nephew to replace her quota for going to the countryside.
Shi Luo nodded when he heard this, entered the machinery factory, and went straight to the finance department.
Shi Luo came to the Finance Department and knocked on the door. "Hello, is Director Wang here?"
"I'm here, come in."
Director Wang recognized the person as soon as he saw him come in.
The day after Lao Shi passed away, Director Wang and the directors of several other departments went to express their condolences on behalf of the factory and met Shi Luo at that time.
"You're my grandson, right? I guess you're here to collect your grandfather's pension and last month's salary."
Shi Luo: "Yes, Manager Wang, I'll come here as soon as I have time today."
"Alas, Lao Shi also sacrificed his life for the factory. Here's one thousand,028.5 yuan and some notes. One thousand is the pension, and twenty-eight and fifty yuan and these notes are last month's salary. Just sign and you can take it."
Director Wang took out two envelopes and handed them to Shi Luo, then took out a form for Shi Luo to sign.
Shi Luo signed and said, "Thank you, thank you for your trouble."
"Why bother? It's all my responsibility. You'll be alone from now on. You're rich, but don't show off. Otherwise, it will be unsafe. Now go." Director Wang looked at Shi Luo, who was only a few years older than his son, and warned him with some reluctance.
Shi Luo knew that Director Wang said this for his own good, so he nodded to indicate that he understood and left.
When I went out, I used my shoulder bag to put the envelope containing one thousand yuan into my space.
When Shi Luo arrived at the entrance of the machinery factory, he saw Uncle Qian and a couple who looked like father and son waiting for him.
Shi Luo felt quite emotional. This was really fast. Could it be that this father and son lived near this machinery factory?
"Uncle Qian, you guys are really fast. I thought I would have to wait a while."
"What a coincidence! My eldest brother and his son came to me to inquire about a job. I was just about to ask someone to bring them a letter when I saw them standing at the door. This shows that my nephew and your job are destined to be together."
Uncle Qian was still very happy. If this matter was done, his mother would not nag him in his ears every day.
"Uncle, do you know my asking price?" Shi Luo asked directly to the older man whom he did not recognize.
"I know, I know. I brought it all here. I was just trying my luck, but who knew I could actually buy it."
Boss Qian came with his passbook. After listening to his brother's introduction, he hurried to the bank opposite the machinery factory to withdraw 750 yuan.
"Okay, Uncle Qian, let's go handle the paperwork." Shi Luo said hello to Uncle Qian and prepared to leave. It was not that he didn't want Uncle Qian to go, but Uncle Qian was a security guard and couldn't leave his post for too long during working hours.
"Hurry up, hurry up," Uncle Qian said happily, thinking that he had nothing to do now.
Shi Luo took his people to the human resources department to complete the handover procedures. After they walked out of the office and arrived at a place where there were not many people, Boss Qian gave the money to Shi Luo.
There's no way around it. Although buying a job is quite normal these days, it's all private transactions. If someone finds out, there's no guarantee that others won't suddenly report them for profiteering, so it's better to be cautious.
Shi Luo still put the money into the space using the backpack.
When I arrived at the door, I said hello to Uncle Qian and went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.
When he arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Luo spent most of his local bills before leaving with his large and small bags.
When I passed by the grain station, I went in and spent almost all my grain coupons before going home.
On the way home, Shi Luo was still sighing that the money here was really easy to spend. He only spent 30 yuan to buy so many things. When he thought about how his grandfather's monthly salary was less than 30 yuan before, he felt that it didn't seem like a lot to spend.
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